Spring Engage Worldview Academy (2025)

Spring Registration is NOW open!!!

Register for Worldview Academy

Past Worldview Academy semesters

• Address for Worldview Academy: 520 Thunderbird Dr, El Paso, TX 79912

• Weekly study guide/syllabus: coming on week 1 for upper level classes!

• Click here for more info on Tuition prices this Spring

• Click here to see the Worldview Academy daily schedule and semester schedule.

• Click here for book list

• Click here to download reading/homework guide for Caleb's classes in the Academy.

  
  

Important pre-semester date: Thursday, Jan 2nd, 10am zoom Info/ Orientation meeting: You can watch the recording my clicking here or on the picture below

Worldview Academy class & schedule for the spring (2025):

Location: 520 thunderbird Drive, El Paso, Tx, 79912

8am 

• How to interpret Scripture (Hermeneutics) with Caleb Harrelson

***9am- Opening Worship Assembly (large room)- Prayer, Praise Song & Christian Ambassador's Creed.

9:15am (Electives)

• Greek for kids (elementary kids & parents)- Caleb

• Beginner Greek with Dr. Dan Richardson (mid school-adult ages)

• Movies, Worldview & Filmmaking- Gigi Wilcox

• Survey of the Bible- Jason  Kerns

10am

• Foundation Worldview- Studying the Bible series (Annette Vanderzwan, elemen)

• Case for Christ (Foundational apologetics-teen or adults welcome (Nadeem Hajir)

• Christian Ethics (8th grade- college level- Intermediate-advanced; Caleb)

11am 

• Creation  Kids- Elementary- Allison Moore)

• Formal Debate (Mid-college age- Caleb)

12- Lunch

1pm

• Drama/Church history- writing & acting out stories of missionaries in church history. (Allison)

• Creation Science Research- Caleb, Dr. Hentzel & Various scientists on zoom calls.

2pm

• Defending Protestantism and Engaging with Catholicism (Caleb)

***See Current book list below

Spring Semester Schedule (2025)

*Field Trips dates: see the dates in red below. More field trips may be added.

**All dates listed below are Thursdays for The Academy days. Other dates listed are important events to note.

January

• Jan 16- week 1 

• Jan 23- week 2 

  • Sat, Jan 25- 5-8m Spaghetti dinner fundraiser

• Jan 30th- week 3 (older students- evangelism at UTEP, 10am-12pm)

  
  

February

• No Academy- Feb 6th (ICR is coming to El Paso this week)- off Academy this week 

• Feb 13- week 4 (debates on campus from 11am-12:30pm)

• Feb 20- week 5- (Cruces Natural History Museum)

• Feb 27th- week 6-

  
  

March 

• March 6- week 7- (Holocaust museum & dialogue w/ Roman Catholic priest)

• March 13th- spring break- off week (at Ark Encounter & Creation Museum)  

  • March 9-15- Spring Break Ark Encounter/Creation Museum trip- click here for more.

• March 20- week 8 

• March 27th- week 9- Debates (11am-12:30pm) 

  
  

April 

• April 3rd- Week 10

• April 10th- Off week (Caleb at Simeon trust preaching seminar) 

  • *STOA debate tournament in Corpus Christi: April 10-12

• April 17- week 11 

• April 24- Week 12 (evangelism at UTEP in the am & debates in the afternoon)

  • End of the Year celebration- Monday, April 28th- location TBA 

Tuition Cost (not including book cost):

• Note on various circumstances:

  • Adults attending without a student need to be able to pass a background check and are responsible for normal tuition per classes.

  • Parents attending WITH their student do not need to pay extra tuition, except for what they pay for their own student.

  • Scholarships: Our fund varies depending on donors, but students that are requesting scholarship(s) help need to write an essay on why they want to attend and need to assist with two Engage fundraisers per semester they are requesting help.

    
    

Tuition for Teen-Adult classes:

• Full Day (8am-3pm): $350 per student (all six classes)

• Half day (3-4 classes of your choice): $200 per student

• Two classes: $150 per student

• One class: $75 per student

  
  

  Tuition for Elementary classes:

  • One Class for one kid: $50

  • Two classes for one kid: $100

  • Three Elementary classes for one kid: $150

  • 2 kids or more (same family) for two classes: $200 per semester (total per family)

  • 1 kid 3 elementary class and 2 kid 2 elementary classes: $215

  • 2 or more kids of the same family for all 3 classes: $250 per semester (total per family)

    • Elemen-mid school class hybrids (rare cases)

• Half-Day Upper per elementary student: Must be approved to take 3 elementary classes + 1-2 more upper level classes: Half day rate: $200 per student.

  
  
  
  

  Direct Links to books per class

  (Some elementary classes not listed cause they don't require any books)

  
  

  1. How to interpret Scripture (8am class)

     1. How to read the Bible for all its worth: fourth edition

     2. Expository Preaching: How we Speak God's Word today

  2. Movies & Worldview (9am elective)

     1. Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment

  3. Greek for kids (9am elective)

     1. In the Beginning: A Child's Beginner Book of Biblical Greek (Ancient Greek Edition)

        
        

  4. Beginner Greek (Teens-Adults) (9am elective)

     1. Beginning with New Testament Greek: An Introductory Study of the Grammar and Syntax of the New Testament

     2. Charts for Beginning Greek Grammar and Syntax

     3. Optional:

     4. Beginning with New Testament Greek Vocabulary and Paradigm Cards

     5. Greek New Testament

  5. Survey of the Bible (9am elective)

     1. Christ from beginning to end: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ

  6. Case for Christ (10am foundational apologetics class)

     1. Case for Christ

     2. Case for Christ study guide (goes with class DVD series)

  7. Christian Ethics (10 am Philosophy)

     1. Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics by Scott B. Rae

  8. Formal Debate (11am)

     1. Amusing Ourselves to Death

     2. How to Think by Juan Valdes

     3. Debate Trivium Chart

     4. STOA membership paid

  9. Church History/Drama (1pm)

     1. Church History book of your choice

  10. Creation Science Research (1pm)

      1. Creation Basics & Beyond

  11. Defending Protestantism and engaging Catholicism (2pm)

      1. What it means to be protestant by Gavin Ortlund (required)

      2. 40 questions about Roman Catholicism

      3. Reasoning from the scriptures with Catholics

      4. Catechism of the Catholic Church

  
  

Current Book list for older classes for the Spring (2025) semester